Not surprisingly, Hublot’s depiction of the rabbit is more cartoonish and populated than the idyllic, idealized rabbit seen above. The rabbit is derived from a unique painting by the artist Wen Na.
Hublot’s rabbit does not like to sit in a field and look at flowers. This rabbit respects the festivity of the season and wants to party.
You cannot paint such a cheerful rabbit on a small watch, so this one is 42 mm and houses the HUB1710 self-winding movement. The watch comes with either a red or black strap.
I couldn’t help but notice that this doesn’t really look like other bunny replica watches paypal. While other brands lean towards the country bunny, this seems to be an urban bunny. I can see how other rabbits might consider this one a little loose.
We’re back in the province of rabbit pairings: here, a russet rabbit insists on landing with its front paws, while a burnt brown rabbit powers up from its hind legs and surges into a starry moonlit night. This dial is finished with the Japanese Maki-e lacquer technique, which involves sprinkling gold or silver powder on a drawing or painting.
The 39.5 mm case is rose gold – Bunny’s favourite metal? – The rose gold Dauphine hands complement the refined whimsy of the scene. Of all the watches, this one has the most children’s book vibe. I’m not saying that’s good or bad, just noteworthy.
The case is quite slim, perhaps to match the rabbit’s level of health, which I appreciate.
I know this watch is 1/99,000th of the price of other rabbit watches, but does a rabbit really have to look this vacant and dysfunctional?
That said, there is something respectable about Swatch’s rabbits. Most luxury rabbits are desperately trying to be ingratiating. They are desperately trying to be cute and be the best, fittest, most socially adjusted rabbit they can be, and this Swatch rabbit is clearly DNGAF.
The day this luxury replica watches came out, a friend of mine who works in the watch industry, perhaps a friend who is very close to me, wrote to me and asked, OMG have you seen that Piggly Bunny watch? I wrote right back and said, yes, I saw it, and isn’t it amazing? Well, it turns out that, in fact, my friend wrote to me not to praise the watch, but to mock it.
All I can say is that taste is immeasurable, because I think this watch – created by master enameller Anita Porchet, featuring a diamond bezel and two rabbits, almost identical, all with that sweet blank expression – is pretty much perfect.
I love that this model is an ultra-thin Altiplano. It’s like the design brief is this. Let’s combine our serious thin watch making abilities with these two fluffy innocents.